"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
It don't mean a thing
If it ain't got that swing
(doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah
Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah)
It don't mean a thing
All you got to do is sing
(doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah
Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah)
It makes no diff'rence
If it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm
Ev'rything you got
Oh, it don't mean a thing
If it ain't got that swing
(doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah
Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah)
If it ain't got that swing
(doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah
Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah)
It don't mean a thing
All you got to do is sing
(doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah
Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah)
It makes no diff'rence
If it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm
Ev'rything you got
Oh, it don't mean a thing
If it ain't got that swing
(doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah
Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah)
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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Lyrics as written by Irving Mills Duke Ellington
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[Choir:] Doo do do, do do do-oo do, do do Doo do do, do do do Doo do do, do do do-oo do, do do Doo do do, do do do
It don't mean a thing, if you can't swing Dooa doa doa — doa doa doaa Well, it don't mean a thing, all you gotta do is sing Dooa doa doa — doa doa doaa
Makes no diff'rence if it's sweet or hot Give that rhythm ev'rything you've got
It don't mean a thing, all you gotta do is swing Dooa doa doa doaa
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It don't mean a thing, if you ain't got that swing Yeah, doa, ooh, doa, ooh doa, oyeah It don't mean a thing, all you gotta do is swing Well, doa, ooh doa, ooh doa (doa doa)
Makes no diff'rence if it's sweet or hot Give that rhythm ev'rything you've got
It don't mean a thing, if you can't swing It don't mean a thing, if you can't sing
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